Video snippets of U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen during precision jumpmaster training in Hawaii, February 2019. Jumpmaster ...

It’s not easy to join Pararescue. Over 80% of the men who try out for the Air Force’s special operations search and rescue corps don’t make it (women will get their chance soon. More on that below).

USAF Pararescue Jumper MSgt Rob Dieguez and Forbes journalist Jim Clash (light shirt) being lowered from a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter as part of a rescue simulation, near Melbourne, FL, July 2023. Larry ...